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Introducing SEI
The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is an independent, international research institute specialising in sustainable development and environment issues. It works at local, national, regional and global policy levels. SEI along with its predecessor, the Beijer Institute, has been engaged in major environment and development issues for a quarter of a century.
Our Mission
SEI's mission is to support decision-making and induce change towards sustainable development around the world by bridging science and policy in the field of environment and development.
The SEI mission developed from the insights gained at the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm (after which the Institute derives its name), the work of the (Brundtland) World Commission for Environment and Development and the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development. The Institute was established in 1989 following an initiative by the Swedish Government.
SEI at the University of York
SEI-York was established in 1989 as one of the constituent centres of the Stockholm Environment Institute. It is located within the University of York, a leading research University in the UK. The centre has 30 core members of staff including four professorial research leaders. It forms a self-funded research unit in the Biology Department and the University acts as employer of all SEI-Y staff on behalf of SEI in Stockholm.An international board and an executive committee oversee SEI. SEI has its headquarters in Stockholm (Sweden) and has an international network of centres in Boston (USA), Tallinn (Estonia) and York (UK) and offices located in Oxford and Bangkok. A further network of associates complements the SEI activities around the globe. Each centre has its own personality and foci of interests, and each operates with significant autonomy while participating in the five crosscutting research programmes.
The use of REAP in Scotland has been reviewed by the EPSRC ISSUES Project who look at urban sustainability.
"The Sustainable Urban Environments Programme is an EPSRC funded portfolio of research looking at ways of improving sustainability in the urban environment." (taken from www.urbansustainabilityexchange.org.uk, July 2010)
The full report titled "The Process of Knowledge Transfer from Researcher and Policy Maker to End-User" provides an analysis of the footprinting work done in Scotland and the use of REAP by Scottish Local Authorities. It is available here.
REAP Version 2
Please contact us to get your latest copy of REAP. Read the full news article by clicking more below to find out about the updates and what the type of licence you require.
See the REAP pages for details about licence costs and training packages.
REAP Petite has been updated and improved.
To download a free copy click here
If you are a license holder, contact SEI to get your new version.
SEI have just released a policy brief on Scotland's Footprint.
Our study has shown that Scotland's carbon footprint has grown by 11 per cent since 1992.
The figure includes greenhouse gases released overseas during the production of goods later consumed in Scotland and so is the most accurate gauge of the country's emissions to date.
While emissions generated in Scotland fell by 13 percent between 1995 and 2004, when trade is taken account, greenhouse gases rose by 11 per cent over the same period.
The full policy brief can be found on SEI's website.
An article has also be published in the Sunday Herald and can be found here.